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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-24
SPLITTING UP.

Says the mugwunp New York Ecening
Post: "Ths most immediate and striking
effect Of the Presidents message is the
split which II 10 causing IN the Republican
party" and It proceeds TO name, and quots
from recent expressions OF Gov HcGill
and Ok. Congressman Waahburn, Of Min
nesota a. conspicuous examples within
the republican fold of klckrs against thh
Elaine sherman programme OF the party on
tho tariff Issue. Congressman Washburse
is quoted ~ saying" am . protecticnist,
bat | admire the stand Of the President In
taxing the bull by the hosns and making
the reduction of the surplus the question Of
she hour. believe in . revision OF the
sarfi, In the reduction OF the duty on many
articles And putting others on the free list,
but ~, In Anyshiag ths% VIII disturb the
inlussiss OF the country, would put
surSr and sAN on the free lisa end Ake on
tobacco" eve. Gov. McGill Is quotsd as
going still fVsthar, and adding wool 10 alt
and sugar.
The E,eHtns PaH ouid enlarge Ito list
by msuy other prominent Republican
nAmos, among which the following occur
~ US:
Gen. Thomas N. Brown, republican
member Of congress from indians, and q
member of the Ways and Means committee
of the House, openly expresses himself In
Washingtoa 40 In favor Of reform of the
tariff to the full measure of tho Prestdent'a
recommendation. He would begin with
wlping out the sugar tariif and paying ths
Louisiana sugar planters bounty, II nee
essary; and the duties on salt, lumber snd
tin he thinks should b abolished" "Nc
industry need be put in peril" he said
"but the tariff ough, 10 be rsvissd and III
inequalities and errors removed"
us. Senator Ssbin, OF Minnesota. form
erly chairman of the Republican Nsdonal
committee, 10 also noted In the papers u
expressing himself decidedly IN favor OF
revision OF the tarlh. he saw no reasor
why sugar should not 10 placed on th'
free list, and also lumber and salt. HI
would even go % far as TO reduce by one
half the present tariff on steel rails, which
Is even farther than the President has ven
tured TO go. As to reduction OF the In
ternal revenue taxes he would, like the
President, hold that subject back until The
exigencies of the times made more man
ifest the necessity of meddling with thai
source OF revenue.
Truly this Is alarming. What will Mr.
Blaine say Hadn't he better come nome
and see to things instead of issuing or
ders from Paris TO be laughed to scorn
There are said to be dozens of republican
members of congress, both from New
England and the west, dangerously shakey
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-24

and nothing short of getting the grea,
Shiny feelers Of the monster tariff octopus
In motion, and mighty quick at that, will
serve 10 frighten them into obedience.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-24
JOCKS, out the defendant obJeo.-

1 BOOKS, out the de1enuaht opJe"'-
motion was taken under Amusement.
Law.-James w Hadden v Matilda
ment, vedict for plaintiff for posses
lots | and 9 In block "a states add |
wa. Constant Messenie Eugene
judg for plfr, $50. Jas Donsgh, a
iauited. John o johnson Glen y
son, verdict for plff $2,26S99. Joel
v Ueman II Carter, judg for pill, 81
Sophia smith Harriet Simpson, Ju
deit So 20.
VIM. X, Milligan v county OF la
The note on which this suit Is enter
declared void and Illegal as 1t was
without authority Of law, but the
was given leave to amend the narrat
Catharine Stout Sallie A Mic
eiectment, verdict for plif, A }
Jacob w Brown, judg for plff, $3.50.
Walker Frank Whiting ct al, ju
plH, 5000. Henry Cox v Geo Blal
judg for plif, Sl,275.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-24
probnte Court.


Harrington Estate of Blackma
for DIFF, 1914. Estate David ii RIOS
of pub sale approved. Guardians
Albert Barnes, same.
Richard Wolfe was appointed a
traitor of the estate Of Patrick Hi
Monday.
Lester II. Strawn has been autho
make loan of money to his word
G. Willard.
The estate of George Varel has /
tied.
Philip j. Sallsburg's estate has b
tied.
! los Hettel Y estate Lnhn T'""-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs, Chas. Hamilton, have the
sympathy of large circle of friends in the
loss OF an infant son.
An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Fry, died on Saturday evening last,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-24
l,nIIntY Court.

County Court.
Kneussel Weidknecht, JUG by
deft $G,3330 Mahoney v Wolf, j.
conf v deet, $500. Albrecht v Weidl
judg by conf v deft $6lS76.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
FRAUDS UPON FARMFPc

The question of adulteration
farmers products, and what he coU
sumes, is n that demands restrictir1
legislation. We will take for an ;Tna
tration bran it is busted of all adbor
ing flour at the mills by special mo-
chimes, leaving nothing but the emn+,.
hulls these do not sell we'll, becansa
the farmer wants the flour as usnaII1,
left in the bran to make the fooj
richer. To make it appear all right to
the eye of the purchasers, it is dusteJ
with plaster of Paris, which makes il
resemble bran Of the best grade. THIS
is not only a fraud in the bran by in.
creasing its weight and making a mar.
ket for useless hulls, but is also a dan.
gerous compound to feed. The plaster
deranges the stomach of the animal
Butter is formed, by the bogus
manufacturers Of all kinds of fats
tallow, lard, etc., and is colored to
initiate the real article. and is sold 70
the injury of the farmers who make
gilt-edged butter. Lard is now freely
adulterated with cotton seed oil. This
makes a soft and rancid lard and is
largely put in the market, decreasing
the outlet and lowering the price Of
the genuine article. Large firms are
engaged in the business and W a
cotton seed oil monopoly for the ex.
press purpose of producing and con.
trolling the cheap oil for lard adultera.
ton. Water is worked into lard bv
means of gelatine, which will absorb
it to a large extent and thus cheaper
and adulterate the article, and when
it is used to fry in the kitchen, will
sputter and snap over the stove, tothe
disgust and annoyance of the cook.
Glucose, which is made from the
waste of starch factories by means of
powerful acids (oil of v~itriol), enters
largely in the composition of manufac.
tured honey, syrup, molasses and
sugar. Cocoanut shells are finely
ground and make the adulterated
pepper. Vinegar is made by oil of
vitriol Or glucose syrup and labeled
"pure cider vinegar" Products like
jellies are made of gelatine and
favored by means of chemical flavor
ing extracts, and colored by analine
colors made of c%oal-oil refuse, thus
making the imitation apple, peach,
plum and other j%ellies that flood the
markets. Enter where you will, fraud
has been there before you, lowered
prices and deranged your market.
Farmers and stockmen, fight the
manufacture of these frauds.-Fmm-
ers' Friend.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
THOUGHTS FOR FARMERS.

1t has been pretty we'll established
that there is a large amount of what
is termed warrant land in North
Carolina-land exhausted from cult
walton; land from which vitality and
productiveness has been extracted by
crops which yield no return.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, of Raj
eigh takes the ground that nearly all
of the "worn out" land could be re-
claimed and made more productive and
more profitable, acre for acre, with less
than half the labor and cost that is re-
quired to bring new lands into a
proper condition for cultivation. The
suggestion is a good one for farmers
to consider. Consider the cost of
clearing and fencing new lands, con-
slider best modes of fertilizing and res
toring WON lands; the best crops to
plant on such lands. These things are
worthy of the most careful attention
of those of our farmers who own such
lands. Agriculture, to be made sue
cessful, requires thought, study, appli-
cation, just like any other line of bust
ness. The most successful farmers
are those who farm in this way.-Gar-
lotte Chronicle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
SOUTHERN

The Interstate farmers convention
at Atlanta, in August, was attended by
representatives form Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida, GeorgiaASputh Carolina,
Texas, North OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
Mississippi. 1t adopted rules for a
permanent organization with Col. l..
L. Polk of Raleigh N. c., as Presi-
ident. Resolutions were adopted
favoring the repeal Of the tax on State
bank circulation, acceptance of land
by national banks as security for loans,
approaching the action of Congress in
passing the Hatch bill and requesting
that the necessary appropriation be
made at once praying that the depart
ment of agriculture be raised to a cab
met office, indorsing the Interstate
commerce act, approving the farmers
congress, demanding a reduction of
taxation and recommending diversified
farming in place Of the cotton speciality.
1t was also voted hat the chattel
mortgage system should be corrected,
fraudulent securities should be guar
ded against, and resolutions favoring
a return of the cotton tax and liberal
appropriations for the Missippi river
improvements were adopted. A tariff
resolution was laid on the table,
Farm aad Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
CARE OF COLTS.
FARMER Boy.

At about the end of the sixth month
the colt should be weaned. During
the summer and autumn months he
should be allowed to be at grass,
which, if succulent and abundant, will
be all that is required as food. When
taken up in the autumn a sufficient
quantity of the best English hay, with
two or three quarts of bruised oats,
should be given daily. Twice during
the week the colt should receive a
few carrots cut up and given raw or
steamed, which would render them
more easily assimilated, and to these
a little bran should be mixed.
Plenty of fresh, clean water should
be accessible to the animal. Protec-
ton from the weather at all times
should be provided, and during the
cold season warm, well-ventilated,
sunny quarters are extremely import
ant.
The first year of the colts life,
especially the first winter, is the most
critical period of his existence. If
through neglect he is allowed to get
out of condition he will never quite
recover from the effects. Consequent
ly, proper food, and an abundance of
it, with care to cleanliness of it's per-
son and It's quarters, are most essen
tial.
Grain never produces a large belly,
either upon the colt or the adult +; GER
talnly not, unless fed out in the most
extraordinary manner, which would
prove destruction to the animal
Massachusetts PloUnaan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
For THE PROGRESSIVE R NJ
A FARMER BOY SPEAKS.

It is becoming quite common, and
I must say exceedingly boring to some
of us farmer boys to see, in nearly
every issue Of our agricultural organs,
some article exhorting the farmer
boy not to leave the farm" and in
sisting that we should not envy the
Lcsts of supercilious nabobs that are
suffocating the legal profession and
the fancy city dudes that sit astraddle
goods boxes, receiving a salary Of Sl2
month and pay Sl4 for board.
Our kind friends i%nsinuate that we
have not sufficient sense and discretion
to choose u vocation in life it seems
that they fain would have the ancient
systems of the Old World, compelling
the son to follow the profession of his
father introduced into this. the land
Of liberty.
Indeed we thank our kind friends
for SO great interest manifested, but
would beg to give some explanation
concerning u course.
Il any one thinks we envy the young
Cicero at the bar, | think he is mis-
taken, or if they entertain the idea
that we feel inferior to the city dudes,
they had better be clawing at the huge
beams ~protruding from their own
eyes. But we see the urgent neces-
sity Of our going forward, pressing
into the law to sustain the dignity and
honor of the name, to prevent the
shame and disgrace that many would
bring upon the legal profession, to
defend the rights and liberties of the
working man, to raise a national repu-
tation, and to have rendered unto
Caesar what is Caesars and not cheat
him out of his ~well-earned subsist-
erce.
Why has our social condition re-
lapsed into such a low condition ?
Why are we today put up at public
auction and sold at IA cash value -?
Why has the farmer been imposed
upon by so many m%onopolies ? Simply
because of self-dependence because
the boy has staid at home OF the farm
scufaing for subsistence, allowing some
ignominious pettifoggers and dema-
gogues to enact laws for his oppres-
sion; to institute plans for his social
degradation.
But it has been proven that talent
and intellect, in an embryonic state,
are found on the farm, and this talent
and intellect must be cultivated.
May the day soon come, in the
providence of God, when educated,
honest and true-hearted farmers shall
be promoted to some of the important
Offices Of our government.
It really seems that the young man
who is willing to settle upon a small
farm, satisfied under the present con
dition of things, is a "fool for lack Of
sense" and in a very few years will be
for "lack of money"
We hope to see our exhorters,
many of whom we believe to beprinces
of aristocracy Gin their own concep-
tom, enjoying the salubrious climate
of a farm, yelling behind a pair of I'M
ruly oxen, and permitting the sun to
scorch some color upon the pale and
powdered cheek maybe they will
revolutionize farming and have their
desires satisfied.
Very earnestly,
FARMER Boy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
FARMING WILL PAY.

A careful survey of the agricultural
interests of a certain town in New
England with whose farmers we have
had a personal acquaintance for a term
of years, disclose some facts that apply
to farming in general. The men who
have stuck to farming and who have
worked faithfully, but no harder than
any successful business man works,
are out of debt, or nearly so, and have
an air and reputation of thrift. The
men who have been continually trad
ing cows and changing from one thing
to another in their farm management
with no evident plan or system, are as
poor as they were ten years ago. II
not worse off. A good many of THIS
class are men who have not put much
real labor into their business. Some
of them have been shiftless, others
have been actually lazy, while others
have worked we'll in summer but have
loafed much of the time in winter,
evidently making no plans for the sea-
sons work. 1t is no wonder that this
class complain that farming doesn't
pay. They won't make any business
pay. The trouble is in the man-not
in the ~business.-Homestead
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
Eighty-Three Millions of Dollars.

Write PROGRESSIVE FARhER.)
Eighty-Three Millions of Dollars. =.
The value of the egg crop of the
United States for the year 1886 was
$50, OOO, 600. This for eggs alone,
and does not include fowls, chicks,
ducks, geese or turkeys. When we
consider that poultry raising is n of
the smallest branches of industry on
every farm, we naturally feel surprised
that so large a sum should represent
that which is deemed of but little i'm
portance by a majority of farmers: If
poultry raising, however, should be
entered into as a leading object Of
stock interest, the value in a few
years of the egg crop would be i'm
mense. Of course the small numbers
kept by farmers is offset by the mum
Der raised on the suburbs of cities and
by working people, but there is yet a
vast amount Of room for the operation
Of poultry keeping. Eggs are always
valuable and never go begging, thus
demonstrating that the supply is not
at all equal to the demand. Eggs the
year round bring higher prices in pro-
portion to cost than anything else pro-
duced on the farm, and the farmer
who makes poultry raising a special
object, is sure to be we'll paid for his
time and outlay. We annually m
port eggs to this country, it is said,
and we have no doubt of it, as they
cannot preserved at all at certain times.
The value of poultry to France is very
great, for that country not only sup
plies herself with all she needs in
poultry and eggs, but exports to
England and Continental Europe, We
have better facilities in the United
States for raising poultry than France,
and there is no reaso why it should
not be as extensive in operation here
as there. But France is a progressive
country. Her people watch the times,
and practice what they learn. The
common hen is not the main reliance
as she is here, for the French people
are strict in adhering to good breeds
and taking every advantage of every
minute matter hat tends to augment
or enhance the value of poultry and
eggs.
W. desire to encourage poultry
raising, and we do SO because we be-
lieve our farmers are mistaken in over
looking the profits that may be derived.
from poultry. We do not mean to
infer that a flock of poultry will bring
as much money as a herd of cattle or
flock of sheep, but we do mean to say
that, considering the amount of capital
required for investment in poultry, as
compared with other stock, the profit
from the fowls is much greater and
surer than anything else.
No one who keeps an account with
his poultry and gives them reasonable
care, will deny this fact, for they
know it is true, and yet we do not
witness the interest in poultry hat we
should among farmers. 1t is not
necessary to breed fancy poultry for
fancy prices, for that is uncertain, but
with good management and good
breeding, there is a sure profit in
poultry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06

The longest bridge in the world is
at Lagrange, China, over an arm of
the China Sea. It is five miles long,
built entirely of stone, has 800 arches
each seventy feet wide. The roadway
is also seventy feet wide. The para
pet consists of a balustrade, each of
the pedestals of which are seventy feet
apart, and support a pedestal on which
is a lion twenty-one feet long, carved
from a single block of marble.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06

The full list of appointments for 81
farmers Institutes in Wisconsin has
been published by the superintendent,
W. II. Morrison of Madison. Inc
place, county and date of each lnstl-
tute is given, and a supplementary CIR
cular soon to be issued will announce
the speakers and give suggestions
whereby local committees may pro
mote the interest in these meetings;
The table of appointments is printed
in the papers of the State week alter
week, so that the dates become thcr-
oughly advertised. This with nor
ough advertising by the local commit,
tee for each institute accounts IN "
for the success of these WIS
consin conventions, and furnishes d
good example by which the managers
of farmers institutes in other States
might proft.-Farma and Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
TO Al u SKINS.

"Stretch the hides tightly with the
flesh side out, clean off all the meat
and let them dryin the shade. When
dry put in soft water twenty-four
hours until quite soaked, then squeeze
them as dry as possible. Prepare a
solution of %vitriol, salt and water in an
earthen vessel in the proportion of one
ounce of pure %vitriol, one-half pint salt,
three quarts of soft water. Prepare a
sufficient quantity of the liquor to
cover the skins, then immerse them
and let them steep forty minutes or
more; if large dog skins, stir them
with a stick. After sleeping from
forty to sixty minutes take the skins
out and hang them in the shade with
out wringing, until they are dry, when
no further treatment will be required"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06

Four hundred trains carried over
l5O,OO people from Philadelphia on
the last day of the Constitutional cele-
bration. In all the crush not an acct
dent was reported.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06

Illinois, which, in 1880, was the
leading corn-growing State in the
Union, being nearly 81, 600, 600 bushels
ahead of Iowa, the next on the list, was
excelled in 1910 by Tennessee Ken,
lucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia and
North Carolina.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06
OuLTR

(We are pleased to announce to the readers OF
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER that we nave Deeh so
fortunate as to secure the efficient services OF MI. Il.
H. Weathers as Editor of this Department.. He Is
one of the best Informed men on this subject IN lne
South. He desires that all communlcatohs anu
questions designed for his Department be addressed:
q Poultry Column, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Ralelgn,
N. c. He will most cheerfully answer all ,ques-
Write PROGRESSIVE FARNER.)
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-27
She Preferred the Bridal Path.
CT paT1l Globe


a very clever thing wes told me the
other day by friend about eyoung
woman of st. Paul who was either re-
Gently married Or about to be married,
don't remember which. It seems that
Miss Ms husband, either actual or soon
to be, was ditident youth who hesitated
to tell his love. The young woman knew
perfectly we'll the state of her suitor's
mind and had made up her mind to &C
cept him SIS soon SIS he gave her the
chsnce, which he didn't seem likely to
do without good deal OF encourage
ment. Now both young people are fond
Of horseback riding, and one day in the
early spring they rode out to
Tanners lake. The youth seemed
to have lost none of his diffideuce. and
the maid WAS determined to bring this
state Of affairs 10 8 close as soon as pos
sible. Coming back from the lake there
are TWO roads may be taken, one the reg
ular highway, the other narrow avenue
through the woods not wide enough fol-
wagons. When they started back the
difl1dent but ardent lover asked: (Which
road shall we take?" Like hash there
came to Miss NJ. en- inspiration. Look
ing demurely up st him cut OF her bis
blue eyes she coyly said: "Well, If yor
don't mind, think l would prefer the
brida! path" They took it and she tool
him.